The 2012 Canadian Biosafety Symposium will be held from June 4-7, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

Join us in Vancouver from June 4th - 7th, 2012 for Canada’s annual event for biosafety professionals and personnel involved in biosafety and/or biocontainment facilities.

The Canadian Biosafety Symposium will feature presentations and posters on an array of biosafety topics, including containment facilities design, maintenance and equipment; laboratory management and operations; animal containment; biosecurity; and, infectious diseases affecting human and animals. It will be a unique opportunity for the biosafety community to learn and share knowledge with colleagues from across Canada and other countries.

The 2011 Symposium brought together a number of participants working across the biosafety field in universities, government and the private sector, such as:

• Laboratory managers and administrators
• Academic and government laboratory researchers
• Government regulators
• Biocontainment professionals
• Equipment and facilities providers
• Containment facility design and operation specialists
• Risk assessment and safety specialists

The event will feature prominent containment and biosafety specialists, and will involve presentations by the Canadian and international biosafety community selected from abstracts and papers that are currently being welcomed from all sources. All topics related to biological safety are welcome.

The Canadian Biosafety Symposium is offered by the Canadian Biosafety Training Partnership that includes; PHAC, CFIA, CABS and ICID.

For further information, contact:
biorisk@icid.com

Abstracts
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